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.Dd September 24, 2018
.Dt ELF_GETSCN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf_getscn ,
.Nm elf_ndxscn ,
.Nm elf_newscn ,
.Nm elf_nextscn
.Nd get/allocate section information for an ELF object
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelf.h
.Ft "Elf_Scn *"
.Fn elf_getscn "Elf *elf" "size_t index"
.Ft size_t
.Fn elf_ndxscn "Elf_Scn *scn"
.Ft "Elf_Scn *"
.Fn elf_newscn "Elf *elf"
.Ft "Elf_Scn *"
.Fn elf_nextscn "Elf *elf" "Elf_Scn *scn"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These functions are used to iterate through the sections associated
with an ELF descriptor.
.Pp
Function
.Fn elf_getscn
will return a section descriptor for the section at index
.Ar index
in the object denoted by ELF descriptor
.Ar elf .
An error will be signalled if the specified section does not
exist.
.Pp
Function
.Fn elf_ndxscn
returns the section table index associated with section descriptor
.Ar scn .
.Pp
Function
.Fn elf_newscn
creates a new section and appends it to the list of sections
associated with descriptor
.Ar elf .
The library will automatically increment the
.Va e_shnum
field of the ELF header associated with descriptor
.Ar elf ,
and will set the
.Dv ELF_F_DIRTY
flag on the returned section descriptor.
For ELF descriptors opened for writing, the ELF library will
automatically create an empty section at index zero
.Dv ( SHN_UNDEF )
on the first call to
.Fn elf_newscn .
.Pp
Function
.Fn elf_nextscn
takes a section descriptor
.Ar scn
and returns a pointer to the section descriptor at the next higher
index.
As a consequence,
.Fn elf_nextscn
will never return a pointer to the empty section at index zero
.Dv ( SHN_UNDEF ) .
Argument
.Ar scn
is allowed to be NULL, in which case this function will return a
pointer to the section descriptor at index 1.
If no further sections are present, function
.Fn elf_nextscn
will return a NULL pointer.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Functions
.Fn elf_getscn ,
.Fn elf_newscn
and
.Fn elf_nextscn
return a valid pointer to a section descriptor if successful, or
NULL if an error occurs.
.Pp
Function
.Fn elf_ndxscn
returns a valid section table index if successful, or
.Dv SHN_UNDEF
if an error occurs.
.Sh ERRORS
These functions may fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Arguments
.Ar elf
or
.Ar scn
were NULL.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Ar index
exceeded the current number of sections in the ELF object.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Ar elf
was not a descriptor for an ELF file.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Section descriptor
.Ar scn
was not associated with ELF descriptor
.Ar elf .
.It Bq Er ELF_E_CLASS
Descriptor
.Ar elf
was of an unknown ELF class.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_SECTION
Argument
.Ar elf
specified extended section numbering in the ELF header with the section header at
index
.Dv SHN_UNDEF
not being of type
.Dv SHT_NULL .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf_flagdata 3 ,
.Xr elf_flagscn 3 ,
.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
.Xr elf_getshdr 3 ,
.Xr gelf 3
